Accession of Montenegro to the European Union
proposed Montenegran membership to the European Union
Accession of Montenegro to the European Union (EU) is on the agenda for future enlargement of the EU.
After voting for independence from Serbia and Montenegro in 2006, Montenegro began the process of accession to the European Union by agreeing to a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU, which officially came into force on 1 May 2010. Montenegro officially applied to join the EU on 15 December 2008. Membership negotiations began on 29 June 2012.
It is one of nine current EU candidate countries, together with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Among the 6 candidates with open negotiations (Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia, Moldova and Ukraine), the most advanced stage of the negotiations—defined as meeting the interim benchmarks for negotiation chapter 23 and 24 which allow the closing process of all negotiation chapters to start—has so far been reached by Montenegro and Albania. As of August 2026, 15 out of 33 chapters remain to be closed.
As of 2026, Montenegro's goal is to achieve membership of the EU by 2028, and the European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos stated that Montenegro could complete the negotiation process by that date, placing it at the forefront of the enlargement process.
History
Since Montenegro's potential candidate status was granted
Montenegro's path toward European Union membership stretches back to December 2002, when it was still part of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. As a potential candidate, Montenegro was drawn into the broader framework of the EU's Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP), which was designed to guide the Western Balkans countries through political and economic reforms in preparation for eventual membership. The country's European integration track accelerated sharply following its independence in 2006, after which the EU moved quickly to establish a formal bilateral relationship, opening the door to a Stabilisation and Association Agreement, membership application, candidate status, and the launch of accession negotiations in 2012.
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